Fourteen leaders of women’s media organizations and unions, representing over 40,000 professional members of Canada’s film and television industry have called for changes in government policy to promote gender equity in employment and public funds for media production. A communique… »
Wojtek Gwiazda
Wojtek Gwiazda is a veteran award-winning broadcast and print journalist. As one of RCI’s senior host-producers he focused mainly on news and current affairs programming. He has hosted a variety of programmes, including MASALA CANADA, the Indo-Canadian Report, Canada in the World, North Country, and The Music Shop (a Canadian rock music show). Before joining RCI, he worked extensively for Canada’s national public broadcaster CBC radio, as well as for publications such as The Montreal Gazette, Cinema Canada Magazine, and Canadian Business Magazine. He produced a program on the history of Quebec song for Canada’s national French radio service Radio-Canada, and was an on-air music columnist at the service. He retired from RCI in July, 2015 and can be reached at wojtekgwiazdamtl@gmail.com or on Twitter at @WojtekGwiazda
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Taseko Mines wants to sue Canadian government over environmental decisions
The Canadian mining company Taseko Mines Limited is scheduled to present its application to the Federal Court of Canada next Wednesday (October 22) to change a review of two government environmental decisions into a civil suit suing both the Attorney… »
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Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma focuses on experimentation
Back for its 43rd annual edition the Festival du nouveau cinéma continues its “spotlight on experimental cinema” for the duration of the festival from October 8 to 19 in Montreal. The festival’s co-founder and programming director says of this year’s festival… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canada highlights low corporate tax rates to promote foreign investment
Touting the country’s “favorable tax environment” of low corporate taxes Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service (a part of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada ministry) is trying to attract foreign investors by comparing Canada’s corporate taxes with those of other countries, including… »
Canada’s Official Opposition promises to launch affordable child daycare if elected
Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party has pledged to launch an affordable child daycare plan once it becomes the government. Criticizing both the ruling Conservatives and the opposition Liberal parties for empty promies, Official Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair announced the party’s… »
Politics Today – October 12, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the Canadian government’s decision to participate in air combat strikes in Iraq, the fight against homegrown terrorism, a challenge to Canada’s new election laws, and a proposed attempt by… »
PM, minister, will not permit media to ‘censor’ right to use news footage in political ads
The Canadian government is planning to amend the country’s copyright laws to allow political parties to use media news footage in political ads, according to media reports Thursday (October 9). An internal document of the ruling Conservative government of Prime… »
Canadian Colour: How colourizing family photos turned into colourizing Canadian history
For Mark Truelove, his hobby of colourization of black and white photos started with wanting to see family photos in colour. Then when he ran out of family photos, a desire to do the same with Canadian historical photos from… »
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Canada’s prison watchdog: Offenders need adequate preparation before release
Canada’s federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers has found too many inmates are being released into the community without adequate preparation. In his annual report tabled in Parliament Wednesday (October 8) In the report the Office of the Correctional Investigator points out… »
Council of Canadians, students’ federation challenge ‘anti-democratic’ election law
Calling changes to Canada’s election laws “profoundly anti-democratic” the Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students, and three individual electors are turning to the Ontario Superior Court to challenge the changes made this past June. They suggest amendments to… »
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